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Table 3 Univariate Cox regression analysis of CTC and DTC status for metastasis-free and breast cancer-specific survival

From: The prognostic significance of tumour cell detection in the peripheral blood versus the bone marrow in 733 early-stage breast cancer patients

 

Metastasis-free survival

Breast cancer-specific survival

Clinical variable

HR

P-value

95% CI

HR

P-value

95% CI

CTC status

2.4

< 0.001

1.5 to 3.9

2.5

< 0.001

1.5 to 4.3

DTC status

1.9

0.006

1.2 to 2.9

2.3

0.001

1.4 to 3.7

  1. CI, confidence interval; CTC, circulating tumour cell; DTC, disseminated tumour cell; HR, hazard ratio